CVE-2019-16525

Checklist vulnerability

CVSS

6.1

EPSS

5.5%

EPSS pct

92th

Exploited

No known

An XSS issue was discovered in the checklist plugin before 1.1.9 for WordPress. The fill parameter is not correctly filtered in the checklist-icon.php file, and it is possible to inject JavaScript code.

Affected vendor

Checklist

Affected product

Checklist

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Published

2019-09-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 5.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-16525

Confirm whether Checklist Checklist is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-16525.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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